Cloud Pricing and Financial Operations (FinOps) (Coursera)

Offered by Intel Corporation,
Cloud Pricing and Financial Operations (FinOps) (Coursera)

This specialization is targeted to cloud sales, marketing managers, business executives, and operations and data center managers who need education around the specifics of the business aspects of operating a cloud at Cloud Service Providers (CSPs), Distributors, Resellers and Managed Service Providers who service cloud customers.

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This course is part of the Intel® Cloud Business Professional Specialization. Completion of specialization offers a badge via Credly.
● Cloud FinOps Overview and TCO Models: This lesson discusses cloud cost modeling and the emergence of the FinOps function. Also covered will be cloud cost management best practices and key personas involved of cloud economics. (Duration: 15 minutes)
● Cloud Service Provider Accounting Structures: This lesson will overview how the 3 large Cloud Services manage their enterprise accounting efforts including enterprise agreements and accounting entitlements. (Duration: 10 minutes)
● Native Cloud Billing Management and Reporting: This lesson addresses the usage invoice delivery, native cost explorer and usage reporting for each of the three large Cloud Service providers. (Duration: 15 minutes)
● Cloud Pricing Models: This lesson covers cloud pricing models for each of the 3 large Cloud Service Providers. Also addressed will be reservations, spot instances and native pricing estimators. (Duration: 30 minutes)
● Controlling Cloud Costs: This 3-part course will dive into the ideas and intricacies around controlling spending in the cloud. Included in this course are specific demos for the 3 large Cloud Service Providers. (Duration: 80 minutes)
● Cloud Multi-Tenant Management and Billback: This course discusses the business aspects of multi-tenant cloud billings. It covers showback vs billback billing models and prepaid instances and commitments. (Duration: 10 minutes)

Course 3 of 3 in the Intel Cloud Business Professional Specialization.

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Cloud FinOps Overview and TCO Models
This lesson discusses cloud cost modeling and the emergence of the FinOps function. Also covered will be cloud cost management best practices and key personas involved of cloud economics. (Duration: 15 minutes)

WEEK 2
Cloud Service Provider Accounting Structures
This lesson will overview how the 3 large Cloud Services manage their enterprise accounting efforts including enterprise agreements and accounting entitlements. (Duration: 10 minutes)

WEEK 3
Cloud Pricing Models
This lesson covers cloud pricing models for each of the 3 large Cloud Service Providers. Also addressed will be reservations, spot instances and native pricing estimators. (Duration: 30 minutes)

WEEK 4
Native Cloud Billing Management and Reporting
This lesson addresses the usage invoice delivery, native cost explorer and usage reporting for each of the three large Cloud Service providers. (Duration: 15 minutes)

WEEK 5
Controlling Cloud Costs
This 2-part course will dive into the ideas and intricacies around controlling spending in the cloud. Included in this course are specific demos for the 3 large Cloud Service Providers. (Duration: 80 minutes)

WEEK 6
Cloud Multi-Tenant Management and Billback
This course discusses the business aspects of multi-tenant cloud billings. It covers showback vs billback billing models and prepaid instances and commitments. (Duration: 10 minutes)

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